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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 10, 2011San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2011, 5:19 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 100 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2011, 5:19 PM PDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2011, 6:59 PM PDT
In force
100 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County San Bernardino County, CA

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2011-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2011-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

921 
WGUS55 KVEF 110019
FFWVEF
CAC071-110315-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0052.110711T0019Z-110711T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
519 PM PDT SUN JUL 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 815 PM PDT.

* AT 515 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL SAN
  BERNARDINO COUNTY...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAUGHLIN. THE STORM   
  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL  
  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM COULD AFFECT 
  HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 77.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON
AREA ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED
ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!

REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE OR TWITTER #NWSVEGAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3514 11497 3513 11481 3508 11474 3495 11472
      3492 11498

$$

STACHELSKI
1 follow-up statement
927 
WGUS75 KVEF 110159
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
659 PM PDT SUN JUL 10 2011

CAC071-110207-
/O.CAN.KVEF.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110711T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN BERNARDINO CA-
659 PM PDT SUN JUL 10 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY...

RAIN HAS LEFT THE WARNING AREA AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF 
FLOODING. THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE THREAT OF FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3514 11497 3513 11481 3508 11474 3495 11472
      3492 11498

$$

JH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 5:16 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFSan Bernardino119 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.